Shigeru Ban : paper in architecture / essays by Riichi Miyake ; edited by Ian Luna & Lauren A. Gould.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Rizzoli International Publications, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 232 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 31 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0847832112
- 9780847832118
- 0847829251
- 9780847829255
- 721.044997 22
- NA1559.B36 A4 2009
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 721.044997 BAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Issued | 02/10/2024 | A506113B |
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721.04496 NIJ Glass in structures : elements, concepts, designs / | 721.04496 SLE See-through houses : inspirational homes and features in glass / | 721.044960944361 FIE The glass state : the technology of the spectacle, Paris, 1981-1998 / | 721.044997 BAN Shigeru Ban : paper in architecture / | 721.046 RID Understanding green building materials / | 721.04609 HAW Environmental imagination / | 721.0467 CLI Climate design : solutions for buildings that can do more with less technology / |
Includes index.
Essays by Riichi Miyake -- Paper Tube Structures -- Disaster Relief Structures -- Exhibition Programs.
"This large-format monograph is the first to chronicle exclusively Shigeru Ban's explorations in "paper architecture." Informed by a thorough and early interest in sustainable forms, his innovative practice pioneered the use of paper as a structural element in buildings. This book features permanent and temporary structures, ranging from one-off museums and exhibition spaces to emergency structures for communities displaced by natural and man-made catastrophes. The forty projects featured in the book showcase the variety of possible applications for paper and its derivative forms (cardboard, fiber-based composites). As flexible as it is adaptable, when used in tandem with other locally sourced building materials or post-industrial surplus (maritime shipping containers), Ban's singular use of paper knowingly references paper's traditional uses in vernacular Japanese buildings, and advances modern construction technology, reducing its environmental impact. A number of prominent works from the last decade are featured, including the Nomadic Museums built in New York, Los Angeles, and Tokyo, his work for the Centre Pompidou in Paris and Metz, the Papertainer Museum in Seoul, his pavilions for design and luxury brands like Louis Vuitton and Artek, as well as a number of landmark residences in Japan, Europe, and North America. Of particular focus will be Ban's humanitarian work. Documented in a book for the first time are all the relief projects his studio has undertaken in the last two decades for the U.N. High Commission on Refugees. These include housing for tsunami victims in Sri Lanka and earthquake victims in Turkey and Japan, and emergency shelter for war-ravaged communities in Rwanda and the Congo."--BOOK JACKET.
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